SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: January 7, 1943, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 422
Note: Only numbers not found on the 1943 radio broadcast recording with original cast members are noted below.
Announcement Of Inheritance:
1. Something For The Boys,
CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001 (Bill Fahmer, Lesley Hamilton,
Steven Patterson, and Meg Mackay with music direction by Michael
Horsley)
2. Something For The Boys, CD/PS Classics PS-1837 (Edward
Hibbert, Andrea Burns, Danny Burstein, and Elizabeth Stanley
with orchestra conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos and Greg
Jarrett)
Betty-Jean's Specialty:
1. Something For The Boys, CD/PS Classics PS-1837 (orchestra
conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos and Greg Jarrett)
Carborundum (aka "Opening, Act I, Scene 5", "Bomber Scene",
or "Assembly-Line Song"):
1. Something For The Boys, CD/PS
Classics PS-1837 (Elizabeth Stanley, Danny Burstein, Sara
Jean Ford, and Girls with orchestra conducted by Constantine
Kitsopoulos and Greg Jarrett)
Coffee (added to the 1997 42nd Street Moon revival;
originally written for EVER YOURS):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Ann Hampton Callaway)
2. Something For The Boys, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001
(Lesley Hamilton and Steven Patterson with music direction by
Michael Horsley)
Finale: Act One (Radio Sequence):
1. Something For The Boys,
CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001 (Meg Mackay, Dyan McBride,
Stephanie Rhoads, and Elisa Carmahort with music direction by
Michael Horsley)
2. Something For The Boys, CD/PS Classics PS-1837 (Elizabeth Stanley,
Danny Burstein, and Andrea Burns with orchestra conducted by
Constantine Kitsopoulos and Greg Jarrett)
Hey, Good Lookin' (dance):
1. Something For The Boys, CD/PS
Classics PS-1837 (orchestra conducted by Constantine
Kitsopoulos and Greg Jarrett)
The Leader Of A Big-Time Band:
1. The Decline And Fall Of
The Entire World As Seen Through The Eyes Of Cole Porter,
Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Kaye Ballard, Carmen Alvarez, Elmarie
Wendel with orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
2. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Julia McKenzie, Elizabeth Power, and
Angela Richards with orchestra conducted by John Burrows)
3. Something For The Boys, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001
(Meg Mackay, Dyan McBride, Stephanie Rhoads, and Elisa Carmahort
with music direction by Michael Horsley)
4. Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5647 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by
Patrick Scott Brady)
5. Everything The Traffic Will Allow, CD/Lunch Money (Klea
Blackhurst)
6. The Lorelei, CD/Angel 54802 (Kim Criswell with the London
Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
7. Something For The Boys, CD/PS Classics PS-1837 (Elizabeth
Stanley with orchestra conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos and
Greg Jarrett)
The Leader Of A Big-Time Band (dance):
1. Something For The Boys, CD/PS
Classics PS-1837 (orchestra conducted by Constantine
Kitsopoulos and Greg Jarrett)
Opening:
1. Something For The Boys,
CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001 (Dyan McBride, Stephanie
Rhoads, and Elisa Camahort with music direction by Michael
Horsley)
So Long, San Antonio (cut; same music
as "So Long" intended for MISSISSIPPI BELLE):
1. Unmined Cole:
Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC 2387 (Paulina
Stark with Judy Brown, piano) (as "So Long")
There Must Be Someone For You
(originally used in MEXICAN HAYRIDE as "There Must Be
Someone For Me" and added to the 1997 42nd Street Moon
revival of SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS):
1. Mexican Hayride,
78/Decca DA 372 (June Havoc with orchestra conducted by Harry
Sosnik) [reissued as CD/Decca 000312502]
2. Aladdin, Columbia SCX3296 (Bob
Monkhouse with Philip Hogan and Eddie Fargent with orchestra
conducted by Bobby Howell) [reissued as Aladdin/Cinderella,
CD/Sepia 1162]
3. Something For The Boys, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001
(Lesley Hamilton with music direction by Michael Horsley)
A radio transcription performed by Freddy Martin is also known
to exist.
Washington, D.C. (cut; added to the
1997 42nd Street Moon revival):
1. Something For The Boys,
CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001 (Stephanie Rhoads and the Guys
with music direction by Michael Horsley)
When My Baby Goes To Town (dance):
1. Something For The Boys, CD/PS Classics PS-1837 (orchestra
conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos and Greg Jarrett)
When We're Home On The Range:
1. Something For The Boys,
CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001 (Meg Mackay, Lesley Hamilton,
and Steven Patterson with music direction by Michael Horsley)
2. Something For The Boys, CD/PS Classics PS-1837 (Andrea Burns,
Elizabeth Stanley, and Danny Burstein with orchestra conducted
by Constantine Kitsopoulos and Greg Jarrett)
Unrecorded Material:
Oh, How I Could Go For You
(unused)
Riddle-Diddle Me This (cut)
Texas Will Make You A Man (unused; no music survives; possibly a
forerunner of "See That You're Born In Texas")
Well, I Just Wouldn't Know" (unused; no music survives)
Wouldn't It Be Crazy? (unused; no music survives)